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similar provisions were in senator grassley's proposal. we supported senator grassily's proposal. we think there can be common ground on things like fix, nix, and getting records into the sand providing resources for mental health that we think that the common denominator in a number of these recent high-profile shootings is the mental health of the shooter. and they're not getting the treatment they needed. they're not in the system. or if they're the system, the records aren't showing up in the background checks. >> ifill: one of the democrats who voted against the baek checks, senator max baucus, was asked why did you vote again is, and he said montana, his home state air, very red state, and the president said this was all about politics. how much of this was about the content of this slairkz how much was about pure politics? you can't do it and go home and get re-elected. >> look it's washington. politics is always part of the discussion. but for the industry it's about the policy. we think the focus needs to be on fixing nix, it's part of our initiative, and we think the oth
similar provisions were in senator grassley's proposal. we supported senator grassily's proposal. we think there can be common ground on things like fix, nix, and getting records into the sand providing resources for mental health that we think that the common denominator in a number of these recent high-profile shootings is the mental health of the shooter. and they're not getting the treatment they needed. they're not in the system. or if they're the system, the records aren't showing up in...
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grassley: mr. president, thank you. by the way, we're the state that's got the first in the nation caucuses. the vice president: that's why i corrected myself, sir. mr. grassley: i strongly oppose this amendment. expanded background checks would not have prevented newtown. criminals do not submit to background checks now. they will not submit to expanded background checks. the deputy director of the national institute of justice has written that background checks will work only if they are universal and are combined with gun registration. this amendment would start us down that road of registration. it would open, not close loopholes. it would require background checks when people advertise a gun for sale in their church bulletins or farm bureau newsletter. it protects people to federal criminal liability, up to five years of violation of state or local law, which, of course, is unprecedented. and the program provisions would actually reduce existing protections for law-abiding gun owners. i urge my colleagues to reject
grassley: mr. president, thank you. by the way, we're the state that's got the first in the nation caucuses. the vice president: that's why i corrected myself, sir. mr. grassley: i strongly oppose this amendment. expanded background checks would not have prevented newtown. criminals do not submit to background checks now. they will not submit to expanded background checks. the deputy director of the national institute of justice has written that background checks will work only if they are...
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grassley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: today the senate will consider the 10th judicial nomination this year with today's expected -- this year. with today's expected action, we will have confirmed four district -- no, four circuit and six district nominees. at this point in 2005 -- and that was the beginning of president bush's second term, comparable to what we're talking about for president obama -- the senate had confirmed zero judicial nominees. let me repeat. at this point in 2005, the senate had confirmed not ten, not four, not even one judicial nominee so that comes out to be zero. the quick pace of this year comes on top of a very productive 112th congress in which 111 judges were confirmed. last congress, we confirmed more judges than any other congress going back to 20 years to the 103rd congress. despite this progress, and our continued cooperation, both with the president and senate democrats, we continue to hear unfounded criticism. for example, last week the white house spokesperson criticized the
grassley: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. grassley: today the senate will consider the 10th judicial nomination this year with today's expected -- this year. with today's expected action, we will have confirmed four district -- no, four circuit and six district nominees. at this point in 2005 -- and that was the beginning of president bush's second term, comparable to what we're talking about for president obama -- the senate had confirmed zero judicial...
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senator grassley actually rought this up, again, how tightened up security. 's clear that tamerlan tsarnaev, they had no record of him going to russia or coming back because his name was misspelled. by a place where we don't have regulations, a foreign airline. under our bill, everything would have to be pass -- passport or machine-read that so type of mistake could not occur. if our bill were law, isn't it a pretty safe guess that the authorities would have known that tsarnaev went to russia and came back? >> if i might, there are redundancies now in the system so there was a ping on the outbound to customs. this is my understanding, this has been kind of changing picture, but even regardless of that, anything that makes a requirement for machine-readable gets manual inputting out of the system, imprombings security. >> all right. ok. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> thank you. it was a revelation to go down on the border. we actually watched and illegal border crossing while we were there. >> and an apprehension. >> as you hear. and an apprehension
senator grassley actually rought this up, again, how tightened up security. 's clear that tamerlan tsarnaev, they had no record of him going to russia or coming back because his name was misspelled. by a place where we don't have regulations, a foreign airline. under our bill, everything would have to be pass -- passport or machine-read that so type of mistake could not occur. if our bill were law, isn't it a pretty safe guess that the authorities would have known that tsarnaev went to russia...
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grassley: i come to the floor to speak about the nomination of jane kelly. i compliment the chairman for speaking now on immigration. i am not going 0 speak on immigration today probably, but i hope to be able to speak several times before the bill actually gets to the floor of the united states senate to inform my colleagues about my point of view on the whole issue of immigration, but i can say generally that we all know the immigration system is broken and legislation has to pass, and i hope we can get something that has broad, bipartisan agreement. already the product before us is a product of bipartisanship because four democrats and four republicans have submitted a proposal for our committee to consider. i rise today, as i've said, in support of the monopoly nation of jane kelly tock u.s. circuit judge for the eighth circuit. the nominee before us today, ms. kelly, prisonsl presently ss an assistant public defender for the public federal defendingers's office for the northern district of iowa and she does that work in the cedar rapids office. she is w
grassley: i come to the floor to speak about the nomination of jane kelly. i compliment the chairman for speaking now on immigration. i am not going 0 speak on immigration today probably, but i hope to be able to speak several times before the bill actually gets to the floor of the united states senate to inform my colleagues about my point of view on the whole issue of immigration, but i can say generally that we all know the immigration system is broken and legislation has to pass, and i hope...
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then a conversation with iowa .enator chuck grassley later a confirmation hearing for president obama's choice to lead the white house budget office. the senate has been discussing gun legislation this week. there will be a procedural vote thursday to advance the bill. we spoke with a reporter earlier about the measure. >> the correspondent with the "national journal" it was announced the expanded background check proposal. what should we know about it? >> it creates a lot of buzz in the senate, which is interesting to watch. -- is different from the porme the proposal that was introduced by the senator of new york because it is not an universal background check. it mandates background checks for gun purchases at gun shows and over the internet. it is not mandating a background check if i'm going sell you a gun. >> what motivated the senators, a democrat and a republican to work together on this compromise? >> it could be any number of reasons. 91% of the public, i think is the latest number that supports universal background checks. it's been the top part of the gun control movement ag
then a conversation with iowa .enator chuck grassley later a confirmation hearing for president obama's choice to lead the white house budget office. the senate has been discussing gun legislation this week. there will be a procedural vote thursday to advance the bill. we spoke with a reporter earlier about the measure. >> the correspondent with the "national journal" it was announced the expanded background check proposal. what should we know about it? >> it creates a lot...
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here's chuck grassley of iowa and dick durbin of illinois. >> on this very important legislation, the american people may be wondered by the senate has not been voting on amendments to the pending gun legislation. the senate voted thursday to proceed to the bill. this follow calls the senate should debate the bill. and so, that's what i've said we are glad we are getting there. that has been very little debate. the president has said various proposals deserve a vote and we on this side of the aisle talking 10 to stand in the way of proceeding on the service, particularly on the amendment and i hope are able to vote very soon. last week, senator manchin and toomey unveiled the background checks. the majority leader announced the tree into amendment would be the first who would vote on, starting the debate now, obviously we haven't voted, so hopefully we will get to the vote. now, we haven't voted because despite claims from the other side, background checks are not and never have been a sweet spot of gun control debate. we haven't voted on it because supporters don't have the votes to
here's chuck grassley of iowa and dick durbin of illinois. >> on this very important legislation, the american people may be wondered by the senate has not been voting on amendments to the pending gun legislation. the senate voted thursday to proceed to the bill. this follow calls the senate should debate the bill. and so, that's what i've said we are glad we are getting there. that has been very little debate. the president has said various proposals deserve a vote and we on this side of...
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maybe grassley didn't but rand paul said this means we've got to put a hole in everything. wrote a letter to harry reid saying we can't proceed with immigration reform until we straighten out what happened up in boston. >> it is remarkable to me -- >> bill: they'll stop at nothing. >> they'll stop at nothing. but the fact that you could use the killings in boston to stop immigration reform but god forbid, you use a mass shooting to talk about gun safety laws. that's the no-no. that's exploitation. here we can talk about maybe changes to the fbi right away. maybe we should, of course. we can talk about stopping immigration reform. it is really remarkable. and now do you have this growing course of conservatives saying let's load this down. leadership however, is hanging on. boehner yesterday on fox news said it may slow down by a couple of days but immigration reform is something we have to do because they know if they don't do it, they're in trouble demographically. they're going to keep this train rology but you do have those conservatives using it as an opportunity. >> bi
maybe grassley didn't but rand paul said this means we've got to put a hole in everything. wrote a letter to harry reid saying we can't proceed with immigration reform until we straighten out what happened up in boston. >> it is remarkable to me -- >> bill: they'll stop at nothing. >> they'll stop at nothing. but the fact that you could use the killings in boston to stop immigration reform but god forbid, you use a mass shooting to talk about gun safety laws. that's the no-no....
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grassley: i ask to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa, without objection. madam president, it is said that information is the most valuable commodity. in politics, you probably know that information is power. the bigger government gets, the more valuable government information becomes to finance the markets. this is especially true of information from agencies, such as the center for medicare and medicaid services, and it's that agency that my remarks are about. c.m.s. controls $748 billion in government spending per year, and of course that's billions with a "b." today there are questions surrounding c.m.s.'s ability to safeguard nonpublic information. this isn't about secrecy in government; it's about government keeping secrecy not to have an impact on the stock market. and i'll be referring to such an impact on the stock market. it happens that this is not the first time that i have raised similar questions with the center for medicare services. in 2011 i received information from a whistle
grassley: i ask to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: the senator from iowa, without objection. madam president, it is said that information is the most valuable commodity. in politics, you probably know that information is power. the bigger government gets, the more valuable government information becomes to finance the markets. this is especially true of information from agencies, such as the center for medicare and medicaid services, and it's that agency that my remarks are...
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chuck grassley and mike grapple. so when the nra said it is okay to vote yes, they did. when the nra said vote no, they did. we say jump. you say how high. >> a stream of comments on twitter by the way at bpshow, please follow us there. you could play along with the show. lots of people stand with joey, our last caller. they're just as upset as he is. john also says when someone gets a gun from a gun show or a person and does a massacre, these politicians will be called to account. and sam says the senate in its present form is broken, not capable of serving the american people. find us at bpshow on twitter. >> bill: again the argument that this is government gone too far is just so -- it doesn't even pass the laugh test. we have background checks and we have since 1994 at gun dealers. if it makes sense to get a criminal check for somebody buying a gun at a gun dealer you tell me why it doesn't also make sense to have a criminal background check for somebody buying a gun at a gun show. or on the internet. i mean, there's no way with a straight face, you can make the argu
chuck grassley and mike grapple. so when the nra said it is okay to vote yes, they did. when the nra said vote no, they did. we say jump. you say how high. >> a stream of comments on twitter by the way at bpshow, please follow us there. you could play along with the show. lots of people stand with joey, our last caller. they're just as upset as he is. john also says when someone gets a gun from a gun show or a person and does a massacre, these politicians will be called to account. and...
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republican senators like to the grassley, a pivotal figure, the ranking republican on the judiciary committee, he is holding off comment until he takes a look at the legislation. but it is something the president has praised. he says it is largely consistent with what he wants to do. it really runs the gamut. host: this praise coming after he met with john mccain and and charles schumer, part of the gang of eight, met with him at the white house yesterday. guest: yes. this bill is comprehensive. that's what the authors were looking for. to address or security, put the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in this country on a path to citizenship, set up a new point system for visas, creates a new guest worker afor low-reating a w "w" visa orkers -- a w program for low-skilled workers, established caps strictly, and they would travel visas leaving the country. the problem is people overstate tourist visas and nothing happens. the bill would establish a system at airports and seaports to track who is leaving so we get a better sense of it. if it would tighten security along the southwestern b
republican senators like to the grassley, a pivotal figure, the ranking republican on the judiciary committee, he is holding off comment until he takes a look at the legislation. but it is something the president has praised. he says it is largely consistent with what he wants to do. it really runs the gamut. host: this praise coming after he met with john mccain and and charles schumer, part of the gang of eight, met with him at the white house yesterday. guest: yes. this bill is...
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. >> senator grassley this week brought up the point that -- only a small percentage of those coming into the country legally under the act stayed in agriculture, many of them went to other, more lucrative jobs. do you expect to offer any specific controls to limit the problem? and also, separately, they use territories, their ideas to cover them, d.c. inclusion, more permanent status? >> the legislation we're introducing is for the purpose of getting input, getting ideas, getting to it. we do not use anything we're introducing as a final product. it is a work in progress, and each one of these will be considered that way. we will be informed, for example, what the bipartisan negotiators do and asked if we will be looking with interest to see what is done in the senate, but i will also say that the agricultural worker program that follows the 1986 act did not work. and so our first goal is to make sure that we have a worker program that works for agriculture. because if we are to address all aspects of immigration reform, the issue of people staying in agriculture will be an importan
. >> senator grassley this week brought up the point that -- only a small percentage of those coming into the country legally under the act stayed in agriculture, many of them went to other, more lucrative jobs. do you expect to offer any specific controls to limit the problem? and also, separately, they use territories, their ideas to cover them, d.c. inclusion, more permanent status? >> the legislation we're introducing is for the purpose of getting input, getting ideas, getting...
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it's now, because senator grassley, the ranking republican on the committee, has put the bill over, asked the bill be put over one week, next week is a recess, so it will now come up in two weeks to be presented and passed out of committee. and we had monday a hearing that was -- i won't say it was a circus but it was impossible to absorb all the information. 23 witnesses testified, one right after the other. five or so minutes each. each of the senators that were here on monday, not a lot, had five minutes of questioning, and not much was resolved. they didn't know what was in the bill either. they just were testifying about policy, basically. nobody could explain exactly how the bill is going to work. and so people say well, you should be able to handle a bill like that. you should be able to read an 800-page bill. and so i would -- i just wanted to show why this is a pretty complicated process and why a piece of legislation like this has to be carefully read, and it's not easy to do so. so this is page 65 of the bill, and it deals with an issue i talked about yesterday. secretary napol
it's now, because senator grassley, the ranking republican on the committee, has put the bill over, asked the bill be put over one week, next week is a recess, so it will now come up in two weeks to be presented and passed out of committee. and we had monday a hearing that was -- i won't say it was a circus but it was impossible to absorb all the information. 23 witnesses testified, one right after the other. five or so minutes each. each of the senators that were here on monday, not a lot, had...
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republican senator chuck grassley says congress needs to take a step back in the debate to secure that the nation's security comes first. his comments were echoed by senator dan coats on sunday. >> how can individuals evade authority and plan such attacks on our soil? how can we beef your security checks on people who wish to enter the united states? how do we ensure that people who wish to do us harm are not eligible for benefits under the immigration laws including this new bill before us? >> you usually end up with bad policy if you do it in an emotional ray or an emotional reaction. we saw some things post 9/11 that had we more irrational time to think this through, perhaps maybe we wouldn't have had some of the pushback on it. >> i watched this for several reasons. >> why? >> because i'm a big dennis rodman fan. people go crazy. richard is going up -- not only a senator but he was also an ambassador. he was so red-faced! >> he was purple! >> he was angry. >> he turned a brighter shade of purple than i've ever seen. >> raging. >> no, sir, you were out of order! dan coats never told
republican senator chuck grassley says congress needs to take a step back in the debate to secure that the nation's security comes first. his comments were echoed by senator dan coats on sunday. >> how can individuals evade authority and plan such attacks on our soil? how can we beef your security checks on people who wish to enter the united states? how do we ensure that people who wish to do us harm are not eligible for benefits under the immigration laws including this new bill before...
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i hope this review will help to quiet down these, as senator tkprasly said, crocodile -- as senator grassley said crocodile tears on the other side of the aisle that we don't think are deserved. the president's nominees are moving more rapidly than the last three presidents and his circuit court nominees moved more rapidly than george w. bush's and if we changed the rules to speed up his district court nominees and he was ahead 13 to 1 in terms of nominations in the second term for judges, that's a pretty good record. and i hope the president will work with us, speed up his vetting process, develop this innocent until nominated effort that's going on so that it can be of advantage to not just this president but to future presidents, and hopefully we can give respect and due consideration to any nominee that the president sends and the president will recognize we have an advise and consent responsibility and that sometimes it takes some time. and we'll ask questions. we may not want to move to a final vote at the very moment the majority leader may, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the
i hope this review will help to quiet down these, as senator tkprasly said, crocodile -- as senator grassley said crocodile tears on the other side of the aisle that we don't think are deserved. the president's nominees are moving more rapidly than the last three presidents and his circuit court nominees moved more rapidly than george w. bush's and if we changed the rules to speed up his district court nominees and he was ahead 13 to 1 in terms of nominations in the second term for judges,...
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this letter signed by senator mcconnell, the republican leader, senators hatch, inhofe, grassley, demint and many others show that the claims about a national gun registry baseless. there is no evidence of such a registry. long-standing federal laws prevent the creation of it. anyone who continues to claim the f.b.i. background checks will lead to a national gun registry should be shown this letter signed by republican senators. second, the gun lobby claims these proposals would unduly burden law-abiding gun owners. what's the burden? in 2011 the f.b.i. reported the background check system had an instant determination rate of 91.5%. that means, 91%-plus of background checks will result in matter of minutes. for those other background checks were the dealer dealers instructed to temporarily dedelay the sea, the f.b.i. must give them a response in three days oar the sale will be allowed to go through. a background check is a minor, temporary inconvenience to a small percentage of law-abiding americans. meanwhile, the public safety and law enforcement benefits of background checks are enorm
this letter signed by senator mcconnell, the republican leader, senators hatch, inhofe, grassley, demint and many others show that the claims about a national gun registry baseless. there is no evidence of such a registry. long-standing federal laws prevent the creation of it. anyone who continues to claim the f.b.i. background checks will lead to a national gun registry should be shown this letter signed by republican senators. second, the gun lobby claims these proposals would unduly burden...